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Anyone ever had a moment where you realise that shooting digital is costing you more time? That whole idea that you can just delete the shots you dont like and live photographically ever after with only masterpieces in your collection?
I’ll tell you, that’s a pretty picture, but i have found that because of that mindset, I tended to shoot so many shots on any particular shoot that it might look like I had a spastic index finger. looking through the shots quickly results in a little stop motion video clip… that when you should know you shoot to many shots, possibly in the hope that one of those is the right one.
Now when you shoot any particular thing more than once, the first shot might be to quickly evaluate the composition and exposure, make adjustments and do a final shot – this seems to be the way we all shot film – possibly only one shot even. Alternatively with digital, shoot a hellavalot with a number of
Concept
Lately ive found the hunt for locations to be futile, not because there are none or that i’m not inspired, but it quickly got to a point for me where i was imagining a shot ive seen somewhere else and in my imagination,
Art Deco boutique hotel is the prefect venue for a shoot thanks to load of light spilling in from large windows and skylights.
super-imposing that same shot into the cool-looking location in front of me. thats lame in all honesty. its perfectly fine if i’m aiming to just try out something, but if i’m going to be out shooting and making the effort of setting up lights, organising assistants, make-up artists, stylists and whatever, i might as well take it to another level and not just shoot someone against a “live backdrop” but work with a clear concept instead. Read more…
HDR in Lightroom
This is why shooting in RAW and working in Lightroom is such a kicker! These two images showcase two things for me very clearly: 1) why RAW is better than jpeg and 2) why Lightroom is fantastic. So here’s the rub…
For quite a number of years i spent my time shooting JPEG’s with my Nikon D100, because the D100 takes forever to write a RAW file to the CF card and my computer at that time could not render the files accurately. I must admit, i was a complete amateur when it came to the intricacies of digital photography. Read more…
